As you can see, after four years and ten months of serialization, "Thriller Paradise" is finally complete.
Although I felt a lot of emotion, when it came time to say something, I suddenly found that I didn’t know where to start.
But it doesn’t matter. When you don’t know where to start, there’s nothing wrong with starting from the beginning.
So, let’s start talking before starting the book...
This is my third novel. I have talked about the situation of the first two books during the serialization period more than once before; since I have persisted until today, then I was considered "buried" at the beginning, but think about it from another perspective
Thinking about it, what if I didn’t persevere back then? That’s what happened.
I didn’t think too much about it in 2013. At that time, I had just finished two books that brought me neither fame nor fortune. I thought that the third book should “let me relax” and write something that doesn’t require too much effort.
thing.
Then I slapped my forehead and typed out a chapter and sent it out, which was considered to be the beginning of the book.
I have something to say, and I have mentioned it before. The reason why I wrote novels in the game category was because I thought this category should be more popular.
I was thinking... just to make some settings for killing monsters, leveling up and wearing equipment, a more routine plot, plus a lot of repeated descriptions of specific values, I can easily code 10,000 words every day without using my brain.
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As a result... when I wrote more than 200,000 words and was ready to put it on the shelf, I looked back and wondered, what the hell have I done?
Now it seems that the "script" setting is really digging my own grave. This setting forced me to write dozens of short stories in one book, and because there is a long framework, writing these stories is more difficult than
It would be even harder to start writing dozens of unrelated short stories.
Four years ago, if I had insisted on writing this book into a large-scale kimchi-style online game, I would have written more than two million words in about a year and written it until there was no more plot to write...and then I would have finished the book. I can write two more words in the future.
Three categories, two or three routines, and he became one of the most prolific writers.
Of course, this assumption does not exist on our world line, so I am just saying it casually.
You can consider this case of "writing wherever you think, and finally being strangled by the work itself to move forward" as one of the "risks that serial writers without an outline may encounter" and take it as a trough.
But no matter what... As the saying goes, flowers planted with intention will not bloom, but willows planted without intention, hehehe.
With the intention of "relaxing" myself, I have been so tired for several years.
Long-form works really become more tiring and difficult to write.
"Thrillerland" sold well from a commercial perspective, so I was approached for additional work as the author.
In addition, in the past four years, I have also experienced several important events in my life, including getting married and having children, buying and renovating a house... Especially in 2017, I also encountered some contract disputes, which was extremely stressful and had many things...
Now that the end of the year is here, I have finally finished "Thriller Paradise" and everything in my life has been almost settled or stabilized, so I can finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Looking back, all the hardships we have gone through seem not to be big storms anymore.
The hills you have climbed over and the ditches you have walked through in life will make you stronger. As long as you don't fall down on the mountainside because you are tired, or sit still after falling into the ditch, then there is nothing that you can't overcome.
The later stages of the serialization of "Thrillerland" were painful, and the ending was both painful and difficult.
Feng Bujue has been with everyone for a long time. He has combined with the imagination of every reader and turned into countless Feng Bujue. Each reader has their own favorite characters, and those characters are left to everyone.
The impression will be slightly different.
When it comes to the ending, I don’t know what form I will use to bring these characters to a close... because I myself can’t find a way that completely satisfies me, let alone satisfies everyone.
A novel completed in the form of a serial has many similarities with serial works such as American dramas and comics. When it comes to an end, as an audience, you will feel that you are saying goodbye to a familiar old friend, and he is very
May never come back again.
Just like when I watched the ending of "Friends", I also thought, is this the end? There are still many things left unexplained. What happened to them? There are obviously many stories that can be told, right?
Now that I think about it, maybe feeling like that... is okay.
Do you really want to see the story after the prince and princess "live happily together"? Then the best development may be that both parties grow old together and one of them dies first.
Or do you want to know the ending of every character in the Three Kingdoms whose name was mentioned but the cause of death was not explained after leaving the main stage? Then you can only see the heroes dying and the beauties withering.
This is what long-form serialized works are like. By the end, the audience will always have things they still don’t understand, there will always be details they still want to know, and the author will always have endless trivial details and endless additions...after so many years.
, maybe this feeling of missing an old friend can support another sequel like "Dragon Ball Super"?
I think it's better to avoid it...at least don't do it deliberately.
Feng Bujue and their story are over. As I said in the chapter "Salmon Life", the life of the characters in the novel is the time they accompany the readers.
The things before the beginning of the story and after the ending, as well as the unexplained details, are left to the imagination of the viewer.
This imagination and memory are the continuation of the characters' lives in the book.
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Okay, the sensationalism is almost done, let’s preview the new book in the last part.
The new work of Three Days and Two Sleeps will be serialized on New Year's Day, 2018. I have already decided on the title, but I can't reveal it yet.
For all kinds of news about the new book, as well as other things that you may be interested in, you can follow my Weibo [Three Days and Two Sleeps] or the public WeChat account [Three Days and Two Sleeps] (search "santian-liangjiao
” can also be found).
In order to celebrate the completion of this book, WeChat will also hold a book donation event this week. You can pay attention to it.
So, that’s all, let’s see you in the next book, hehehe...
